Israel / Palästina
Aktuelle Einsätze
UNTSO
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UN-Geführt)
Beginn: 06/48
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TIPH-2
Temporary International Presence in Hebron (Sonstige)
Beginn: 02/97
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EUPOL COPPS
EU Police Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EU)
Beginn: 11/05
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EU BAM Rafah
EU Border Assistance Mission at Rafah Crossing Point (EU)
Beginn: 11/05
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Struck: Bundeswehr bereit zu Friedenseinsatz in Israel (12.02.2005)
(Quelle: FAZ) Deutschland ist nach den Worten von Verteidigungsminister Peter Struck bereit, nach einem Friedensabkommen zwischen Israel und den Palästinensern eine Rolle bei der dauerhaften Friedenssicherung in der Region zu spielen. „Bei einem Friedensvertrag muß die Nato ihre besondere Verantwortung wahrnehmen, und auch Deutschland ist bereit, seine Verantwortung im Rahmen der Nato wahrzunehmen', sagte der SPD-Politiker. Zur Frage einer möglichen Entsendung deutscher Soldaten zur Absicherung eines Friedensabkommens äußerte sich Struck nicht.
Talks postponed after Gaza attack (10.02.2005)
(Quelle: BBC) Israel has postponed security talks with Palestinians after militants fired mortars at Israeli settlements in Gaza, Palestinian officials said. The talks were aimed at consolidating a ceasefire agreed by the Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday. Hamas, which says it is not bound by the deal, said it fired mortar shells and rockets at Gush Katif settlement.
Israel, Palestinians declare end to violence (08.02.2005)
(Quelle: Washington Post) Israeli and Palestinian leaders proclaimed a formal end to more than four years of bloodshed at a summit in Egypt Tuesday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to stop all violence. Sharon announced an end to military action after the highest-level talks since a Palestinian uprising blew up in 2000.
Palestinians given control of cities in West Bank (31.01.2005)
(Quelle: The Independent) Israel has agreed to allow the Palestinian Authority to deploy its own security forces in five West Bank cities this week in the latest of a series of confidence-building steps designed to entrench the still fragile and undeclared truce. … In one of the most significant changes to Israeli security policy, the army chief of staff, Moshe Yaalon not only imposed a freeze on 'offensive' military operations in the Gaza strip but also ordered that arrest operations directed at militants in the West Bank would require his personal authority.
Hamas gewinnt Kommunalwahl im Gazastreifen (28.01.2005)
(Quelle: NZZ) Die radikal-islamische Hamas-Bewegung ist als Siegerin aus der ersten Kommunalwahl im Gazastreifen hervorgegangen. Wie am Freitag aus Kreisen der Wahlkommission verlautete, gewann Hamas 77 von 118 Sitzen in zehn Bezirken. Die Fatah-Bewegung von Präsident Abbas errang demnach 26 Sitze, weitere 14 Mandate entfallen auf unabhängige Kandidaten.
Gespräche in Nahost (27.01.2005)
(Quelle: taz) Erstmals seit dem Amtsantritt von Palästinenserpräsident Mahmud Abbas haben Israel und die Palästinenser wieder politische Gespräche aufgenommen. Ranghohe Repräsentanten beider Seiten trafen sich in Jerusalem, um unter anderem ein Treffen zwischen Abbas und Scharon im Februar vorzubereiten.
Embracing the vote in Gaza (26.01.2005)
(Quelle: Washington Post) Militant groups join political process in territory's first local ballot.
Israel, Palestinians agree on deployments in southern Gaza (26.01.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Israeli and Palestinian security officials reached agreement Wednesday for the deployment of Palestinian forces from the centre of the Gaza Strip to the border with Egypt, a senior Palestinian security source said.
Israel accepts Palestinian police plan (20.01.2005)
(Quelle: Washington Post) Israeli officials accepted a Palestinian plan to deploy hundreds of police officers along the Gaza-Israel frontier starting Friday, in the first act of security cooperation with Israel under Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas wins Palestinian polls by landslide (10.01.2005)
(Quelle: ISN) The landslide election victory of PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) as Palestinian president on Sunday raised hopes for new peace talks with Israel after more than four years of violence. Final results are expected around noon on Monday, but exit polls showed that Abbas won some 65 per cent of the vote, as high as any had predicted, compared with about 20 per cent for his nearest challenger, Mustafa Barghouti.
Israel will Beobachter der Palästinenserwahl zulassen (25.11.2004)
(Quelle: Die Welt) Israel will ausländische Beobachter zur palästinensischen Präsidentenwahl zulassen. Dies hat der israelische Außenminister Silvan Schalom erklärt.
Israel holding 25 U.N. workers (07.10.2004)
(Quelle: Washington Post) At least 25 Palestinian U.N. workers have been detained by Israel for as long as two years under charges Israel refuses to reveal, U.N. officials said Wednesday. The statements coincided with the arrival of a U.N. team in Jerusalem to investigate Israeli charges that a Palestinian employee of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency loaded a Qassam rocket into a U.N. ambulance during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip. … Israeli-U.N. relations have been strained for years, with Israel repeatedly accusing the world body of bias.
Ankündigung von Wahlen in Palästina (07.09.2004)
(Quelle: NZZ) Arafat hat Kommunal-, Parlaments- und Präsidentschaftswahlen in den palästinensischen Gebieten noch für den kommenden Winter angekündigt. … In Cisjordanien, im Gazastreifen und im palästinensischen Ostjerusalem sind am Wochenende über 1000 Büros zur Registrierung der Wähler eröffnet worden. … Den endgültigen Termin für die Parlaments- und Präsidentschaftswahlen muss der Vorsitzende der Autonomiebehörde Arafat noch festlegen.
UN slams Mid-East peace failure (12.08.2004)
(Quelle: BBC) A senior UN official says the Israelis and Palestinians have both failed to protect civilians or make progress towards reforms under the roadmap. Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast said Palestinian reform continued to be slow and mostly cosmetic.
Palestinians weigh ban on envoy from U.N. (15.07.2004)
(Quelle: New York Times) Palestinian officials said Wednesday that they were considering whether to bar the United Nations' top envoy to the Middle East from returning to Palestinian territories in retaliation for his criticism of Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian president. John C. Danforth, the new American ambassador to the United Nations, responded Wednesday by telling Security Council members that the action called into question the fitness of the Palestinian leadership to participate in peace negotiations. … The dispute was set off Tuesday when the United Nations envoy, Terje Roed-Larsen, reported to the Security Council that the Palestinian Authority was in 'paralysis' and that Palestinian areas were in 'steadily emerging chaos.'
UN chief cool over Israeli plan (15.04.2004)
(Quelle: BBC) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has voiced reservations about an Israeli template for the future of the Middle East that has been endorsed by the US. Mr Annan said any peace deal should be negotiated based on UN resolutions - implicitly criticising the plan announced by Israel's Ariel Sharon.
Announcement of Israel’s Withdrawal from Gaza Should be Welcomed – UN Envoy (19.02.2004)
(Quelle: UN News) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s announcement that Israel will withdraw the military and settlements from the Gaza Strip should be welcomed by all, as it sets the stage for the possible resumption of a “vigorous” peace process, the senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, told the Security Council today.